<?php

/**
 * Smarty shared plugin
 * @package Smarty
 * @subpackage plugins
 */
/**
 * Function: smarty_make_timestamp<br>
 * Purpose:  used by other smarty functions to make a timestamp
 *           from a string.
 * @author   Monte Ohrt <monte at ohrt dot com>
 * @param string
 * @return string
 */
function smarty_make_timestamp($string) {
	if(empty($string)) {
		// use "now":
		$time = time();
	} elseif(preg_match('/^\d{14}$/', $string)) {
		// it is mysql timestamp format of YYYYMMDDHHMMSS?            
		$time = mktime(substr($string, 8, 2), substr($string, 10, 2), substr($string, 12, 2), substr($string, 4, 2), substr($string, 6, 2), substr($string, 0, 4));
	} elseif(is_numeric($string)) {
		// it is a numeric string, we handle it as timestamp
		$time = (int) $string;
	} else {
		// strtotime should handle it
		$time = strtotime($string);
		if($time == - 1 || $time === false) {
			// strtotime() was not able to parse $string, use "now":
			$time = time();
		}
	}
	return $time;
}
/* vim: set expandtab: */
?>
